Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe: A functional study of nutrition amond the southern Bantu

Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'. When it was first published in 1932, with a preface by Malinowski, it laid the groundwork for sociological theory of nutrition. Richards was also among the first anthropologists to establish women's lives and the social sphere as legitimate subjects for anthropological study. \*\* Preface / B. Malinowski -- I. History Of The Problem -- 1. Nutrition As A Biological Process -- 2. Nutrition As A Social Activity -- 3. New Developments In Psychology -- 4. Functional Method In Anthropology -- Ii. Human Relationships And Nutritive Needs -- 1. Food Consumption -- 2. Food Production -- 3. Area Selected -- Iii. Food And Family Sentiment In Bantu Society -- 1. Method Of Analysis -- 2. Infancy -- 3. Weaning -- 4. Early Childhood -- 5. Later Childhood -- 6. Adolescence -- 7. Paternal Authority And The Possession Of Food -- 8. Distribution Of Food In The Kinship Group -- 9. Hospitality -- 10. Conclusion -- Iv. Food Production And Incentives To Work -- 1. Economic Organization And Social Status -- 2. Pastoral Activities -- 3. Agricultural Activities -- 4. Hunting -- 5. Fishing -- 6. Conclusion -- V. Kinship Sentiment And Economic Organization -- 1. Terminology -- 2. Patrilineal And Matrilineal Sentiment -- 3. Marriage As An Economic Contract -- 4. Economic Functions Of The Family And Kinship Group -- 5. Conclusion -- Vi. Economic Functions Of The Clan And Tribe -- 1. Clan System Among The South-eastern Bantu -- 2. Economic Functions Of The Chief -- 3. Chief As A Provider Of Food -- 4. Economic Welfare And The Ancestral Gods -- 5. First-fruit Rites -- 6. Conclusion -- Vii. Food As A Symbol -- 1. Sacralization Of Food -- 2. Commensualism -- 3. Sacrifice In Bantu Worship -- 4. Food As A Symbol Of Union -- 5. Taboos On Sharing Special Foods -- 6. Food And The Day's Routine -- 7. Woman And The Symbolism Of Food Audrey I. Richards. First Published In 1932 By George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-224) And Index. Ch. 1. History of the problem -- ch. 2. Human relationships and nutritive needs -- ch. 3. Food and family sentiment in Bantu society -- ch. 4. Food production and incentives to work -- ch. 5. Kinship sentiment and economic organization -- ch. 6. Economic functions of the clan and tribe -- ch. 7. Food as a symbol. Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe' examines the cultural aspects of food & eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition is a biological process more fundamental than sex'